Albert-Eden Heritage Survey Survey Report September 2013 - FINAL Albert-Eden Heritage Survey Survey Report Prepared by Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit September 2013 (final version) Cover image: View of surrounding suburbs from Mount Eden (Auckland Council, 2013) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Context of the survey .................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.1 Planning context ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Developing the AHS programme ............................................................................................. 5 2.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Scoping ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.1 Selecting the survey areas, boundaries and levels ................................................................. 6 2.1.2 Survey modules ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.3 Sub-areas .............................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 Engagement and consultation ................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Research ....................................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 Fieldwork ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Constraints ................................................................................................................................... 13 3.0 SURVEY RESULTS ........................................................................................... 14 3.1 Level 1: Albert-Eden Local Board Area ..................................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Historical and Thematic Context Overview ............................................................................ 14 3.1.2 Historic Heritage .................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 Special Character .................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.4 Mana Whenua Values ........................................................................................................... 18 3.1.5 Community Values ................................................................................................................. 18 3.1.6 Issues Mapping ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.1.7 Sub-areas .............................................................................................................................. 19 3.2 Level 2: Mount Eden Road & Point Chevalier ........................................................................... 21 3.2.1 Historic Heritage and Special Character ............................................................................... 21 3.2.2 Issues Mapping ...................................................................................................................... 26 3.3 Level 3: Balmoral ......................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.1 Historic Heritage .................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.2 Special Character .................................................................................................................. 28 3.3.3 Issues Mapping ...................................................................................................................... 30 4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 31 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 32 APPENDICES .............................................................................................................. 33 Albert-Eden Heritage Survey – Final Survey Report 1 FIGURES Figure 1: AEHS boundaries 4 Figure 2: Existing historic heritage places and special character areas 16 Figure 3: AELB sub-area boundaries 19 Figure 4: Mount Eden Road level 2 survey area places of interest 22 Figure 5: Point Chevalier level 2 survey area places of interest 24 Figure 6: Balmoral proposed historic heritage places, historic heritage areas and special character area 28 TABLES Table 1: Level of interest to the community results 18 Table 2: Sub-area prioritisation for future survey 19 Table 3: Places of interest in the Mount Eden Road survey area 21 Table 4: Areas of interest in the Mount Eden Road survey area 21 Table 5: Places of interest in the Point Chevalier survey area 23 Table 6: Areas of interest in the Point Chevalier survey area 23 Table 7: Level 3 historic heritage places evaluated 26 Table 8: Level 3 historic heritage areas evaluated 27 Table 9: Level 3 special character area evaluated 29 Table 10: Recommendations 30 Albert-Eden Heritage Survey – Final Survey Report 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Albert-Eden Heritage Survey (AEHS) is part of the broader Auckland Heritage Survey (AHS) programme to identify, understand and manage heritage throughout Auckland. The survey was undertaken by the following interdisciplinary team working for, and on behalf of Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit between February and September 2013: Carolyn O’Neil (Project Lead), Heritage Consultant Rebecca Fogel, Built Heritage Specialist Katharine Sheldon, Specialist Built Heritage Tony Barnes, Principal Heritage Advisor North Anna Boyer, Heritage Information Advisor Further contributions were made by Rebecca Freeman, Principal Specialist Built Heritage (Issues Mapping) and Graeme Murdoch, Consultant Historian (Mana Whenua Values). 1.1 Purpose The AHS is a multi-year programme led by the Auckland Council Heritage Unit. It represents the implementation of the Auckland Plan by increasing the survey coverage of the region, significantly increasing the number of places on the heritage schedule, and improving community satisfaction with Council’s management of historic heritage. In addition to serving these key purposes, the AHS will inform two critical pieces of work: • Revisions to the Auckland Council Historic Heritage Area Assessments: Draft Interim Guidance (October 2012), which is intended to provide the ‘template’ for future surveys across Auckland. • The preparation of the Auckland Council Unitary Plan, which will include objectives and policies that will shape the future of the survey area and include a schedule of significant Historic Heritage Places. The purpose of the AEHS was to undertake the following: • Level 1 (outline) survey for the Albert-Eden Local Board (AELB) area. • Level 2 (rapid/reconnaissance) survey for two selected areas within the Local Board boundary. The selected areas were Mount Eden Road, an area roughly bounded by the local board boundary (north), Balmoral Road (south), a combination of St Andrew’s Road and the eastern side of Mount Eden (east) and Sandringham and New North Roads (west); and Point Chevalier. • Level 3 (detailed) survey for a pre-defined area of Balmoral. The area encompasses 180 hectares of land within the boundary of Balmoral Road (north), Shackleton and Lambeth Roads (south), Mt Eden Road (east), and Sandringham Road (west). The intention of the surveys was to provide research, identification, analysis and recommendations for historic heritage places and areas, special character areas, community values and Mana Whenua values. The project involved the undertaking of all three survey levels and associated areas concurrently, resulting in inter-related findings, cross-referenced across the study. The heritage survey boundaries for levels 1, 2 and 3 are shown in Figure 1. Albert-Eden Heritage Survey – Final Survey Report 3 Figure 1: AEHS boundaries Albert-Eden Heritage Survey – Final Survey Report 4 1.2 Context of the survey 1.2.1 Planning context The planning policy context of the AEHS is principally provided by the Auckland Plan. Survey outputs will advance the directives of both the Auckland Plan Spatial Team and the Heritage Unit. Auckland Plan The Auckland Plan is a 30-year strategy and vision to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city. Over this 30-year timeframe, the Auckland Plan along with the Economic Development Strategy, Waterfront Development Plan and City Centre Masterplan will influence Aucklanders’ lives by setting targets and priorities to shape the city’s economy, environment, social and cultural spheres. The AEHS aligns with two chapters in the Auckland Plan: • Chapter D, Section 3 – Auckland’s High-Level Development Strategy • Chapter 4 – Auckland’s Historic Heritage Chapter D focuses on moving